GLSA 200903-22: Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	high
Title:	Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code
Date:	03/10/2009
Bugs:	#255366
ID:	200903-22

Synopsis

A buffer-overflow in Ganglia's gmetad might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for clusters and grids.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-cluster/ganglia	< 3.1.1-r2	>= 3.1.1-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Spike Spiegel reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the process_path() function when processing overly long pathnames in gmetad/server.c.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the gmetad service leading to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ganglia users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/ganglia-3.1.1-r2"

References

CVE-2009-0241

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml

Concerns?

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